Islamabad: A child was killed and another got injured when a bomb exploded in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta yesterday.
The blast in the capital of Baluchistan province took place in Kali Muslimabad of Akhtarabad area near the Western Bypass, Dunya news reported. According to initial details, the children recovered a toy shaped bomb from the roadside waste. The device exploded when they tried to open it.
The injured child was shifted to Bolan Medical Complex where his condition is said to be critical. The police have cordoned off the blast site and started their initial investigation.
Mystery behind DCC renaming
ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has so far not explained what necessitated changing the name of the Defence Committee of the Cabinet (DCC) on August 22. Since the renaming of the DCC as the Cabinet Committee on National Security (CCNS), opposition members in parliament have been asking the government to explain how the new CCNS will serve the cause of national security.
Even on Monday, opposition leader in the National Assembly Syed Khurshid Shah demanded that the government should brief the house on the reconstitution of the DCC.
But there was no satisfactory response. However, defence analyst Dr Hassan Askari Rizvi said “by reconstituting the DCC Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has tried to allay the old concern of the army leadership.”
WB pledges $1.5bn aid
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has assured Pakistan of providing $1.5bn assistance during the current fiscal year to support its economic development and stabilisation programme.
A statement issued by the ministry of finance quoted Philippe Le Houerou, the World Bank’s vice president, as appreciating and sharing diagnosis of Pakistan’s economy as well as direction set by the new government and to take the World Bank’s relationship with Pakistan to the next level after a successful conclusion of a programme with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Houerou is currently leading a bank delegation to Pakistan and had a detailed session with Finance Minister Ishaq Dar.
Agencies
